VOST Team Performs Well at Annapolis Race Week

Mids perform well at weekend competitions.

	The Navy Varsity Offshore Sailing team fielded five boats in the Annapolis Race Week competition last weekend.

Sept. 7, 2005

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy Varsity Offshore Sailing Team fielded five boats in the Annapolis Race Week this past holiday weekend and after only two weeks of practice and crew development, put forth a credible showing in each class entered including a couple of exceptional individual races.

Annapolis Race Week is an annual three-day regatta hosted over the Labor Day Weekend by Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association, Annapolis Yacht Club, Eastport Yacht Club, Southern Maryland Sailing Association and Tred Avon Yacht Club. One-hundred and eighty-four boats competed among 15 separate classes. The conditions for racing were ideal with light to moderate northerly winds prevailing throughout.

Navy crews sailed three of the eight boats in class A0 with Skipper Chris Canales' Hellcat crew finishing third overall (losing second on a tie breaker). Team Captain Greg Storer's Javelin was five points back in fourth, and Greg Nannig's Columbia finished sixth. Each of the A0 boats competed with a crew of 12 Midshipmen.

In the A2 class, Skipper Rebecca Islin led her crew of eight aboard the Navy 44, Swift, to 14th of 21 overall, but finished strong with a daily fifth-place showing in Monday's racing.

In the J105 class, Joe Campbell, skippering Allegiance, got off to a strong start by winning race one, but he and his crew of five struggled with consistency for the remainder of the regatta finishing 11th of 17.

With a full schedule of weekend racing slated for the fall, including intercollegiate events in late September and late October, VOST looks forward to improving our performance and winning more events.

For more information, please contact Jahn Tihansky, Director Varsity Offshore Sailing Team at 410-293-5608 or tihansky@usna.edu(.)

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